Travel assistant / researcher

Hello!

My wife & I are looking for a personal assistant to assist in online research and planning.

I am in my late 30s, educated in the USA & living in Singapore now, but originally from the Philippines. I can speak some Tagalog. My wife is from New Zealand, and we have two kids age 8 & 11.

My wife & I travel half the year and need help from you to plan trip ideas, create itineraries, do research, and manage reservations. We generally want to do novel activities, visit less visited sights, and have unique experiences, so research is very important. We don't want to stick to the most common sights, but want to discover things before they get very popular, so it is very important that we scour travel forums, magazines, other travelers' instagrams, to find as many potential possibilities as possible. Many of our favorite vendors, experiences, hotels, etc. are not very well marketed and only well known in some circles, so it takes a lot of stumbling around to find them. We are planning to develop a catalog of ideas so we can be sure to remember them when planning future travels, so this is something we will be working on together.

You do not need to work strict hours, but you do need to be available on messenger promptly to handle issues and travel emergencies as they come up. I am pretty busy with my own work, so during downtime would expect you to be researching, coming up with novel ideas, and working on our catalog. Occasionally I will need you to do research on lifestyle related issues, such as schooling related matters for our kids or what type of product to buy. I will also give you some of my family photo editing and social media if you are able to handle it. I will give you access to my skype account, so please be comfortable calling internationally as I find it is much faster to make arrangements that way.

Requirements: Please have a college degree, a reliable internet connection, and an adventurous and open-minded spirit. Ideally you have a passion for travel as well, and have traveled as extensively as you are able. If you have used Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom, please let me know as well as that is a big plus.

Please include your degree / place of education in your reply - if you have a resume, that would be preferred. Please also include any work you've done relative to travel research, such as any travel itineraries planned, your personal instagram if you have traveled a lot, any favorite travel-related blogs or forums you frequent, etc. If you have a travel blog, that's a big plus.
If you don't have much experience in this, let me know and I can give you some research to complete as a trial.